Certificates

Everyone who enters the UK Songwriting Contest receives a personalised UKSC Certificate for each song. These look great framed on your home or studio wall and they can be used in CVs or on websites etc. The press often use photos of winners, finalists and semi finalist holding their certifcates and they have also been seen on major TV networks during features on successful UKSC entrants. Each Certificate has the song title, the writer's name (or names), the year, the song category and the position reached in the contest that year. There are Winner, Finalist, Semi Finalist, Commended Entry and Participant Certificates and you will be awarded a personalised Certificate that matches the position your song reaches in the contest.

To see your certificatego to the contestresults page and enter your name or the song title in the results search box. You results will appear with the position the song reached in the contest and also the Judges Score (out of ten) awarded to that song by the judging panels. To the right side of these details there will be a link to the Certificate for each song. Click on that link to see the Certificate.

TIPS ON PRINTING CERTIFICATES

Every browser/computer and printer combination is different and you may need to make adjustments to get the certificate to print the way you want. Read the following tips for advice and ideas.

1. Click the "Certificate" link next to your song listing to see and print your certificate.

2. You won't want the web page details to appear on the top and bottom of the page when you print the certificate so in "Print Preview" and "Page Set Up" click on "Remove Header and Footers", or delete these yourself manually, to remove these webpage details.

3. In "Print Preview" and "Page Set Up" use the Margin controls to adjust the margins, and centre the certificate if this is necessary. Every printer browser combination is different and you may need to adjust these settings to get the certificate to appear exactly as you wish. 4. Print on the paper of your choice. You may wish to use heavy certificate or parchment effect paper. Frame if you wish.

PAPER: Try using different types of paper for different effects. There are many special certificate papers available in shops and some have attractive borders pre-printed onto the paper. We have kept our border very simple so that this will not clash with these designs. We have made the certificates so that it is possible for you to remove or change the border and even change colours and other details by saving and editing in Word.

LAYOUT PROBLEM? In some cases where there are unusual computer settings or where the name(s), song title etc are longer than average, this may effect the layout and you may need to use the "Resize" facility in Print Preview. Try resizing to 90% or experiment with different sizes.

NOTE: You should also Save your certificate on your computer (it is usually best to save as a "Complete Web Page") and keep it to view and print out later, as certificates will not remain online indefinitely. You can also copy the page and snip as a screen shot, this can be saved as a jpg and put on a website or emailed to others etc.